Trunk-fixture.



N0- 830,3l5. PATENTED SEPT. 4, 1906.

' D. GOLDSMITH.

TRUNK FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 9. 1905.

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WITNESSES: 4 2 INVENTOR'.

bid-E Tami Edam-11th ATTOR Y No. 830,315. PATENTED SEPT. 4, 1906.

' D. GOLDSMITH.-

TRUNK FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. a. 1905.

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' 2 maxing shaman 8 ATTOR Y uNrTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 1906.

Application filed November 9.1905. Serial No. 286,467.

.Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTrunkFixtures; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the'art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being nad to the accompanying drawings,and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This mvention has reference generally to improvements in attachments orfixtures for traveling-trunks; and the present invention relates moreparticularly to a novel means or fixture which is to be used with theone end of what is known as a Wardrobe-trunk, the purpose of the deviceor fixture being to provide a means which will prevent the trunk beinglaced or stood upon its end, which is provic ed upon its inner face witha garmenthanger, said device or fixture serving at the same time as ahandle.

A further object of this invention is to provide a simple andcheaply-constructed device or fixture which while it serves the pur-'poses above stated may also be used as a handle for carrying this end ofthe trunk.

WVith these various objects of the invention in view my presentinvention consists, primarily, in the novel trunk-fixture hereinafterset forth; and, furthermore, this invention consists in the details ofthe construc tion of the device, all of which will be more fullydescribed in the following specification and then finally embodied inthe clauses of the claim which are appended to and which form anessential part of this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a view of a trunk placed upon one end and a frontelevation of the trunkfixture applied to the other end of the trunk,said fixture embodying the principles of my present invention. Fig. 2 isa view of a portion of the end of a trunk-body and a plan or top view ofthe trunk fixture. Fig. 3 is an end view of the fixture and a sectionalrepresentation of the said end of the trunkbody, and Fig. 4c is atransverse section taken on line 5 5 in said Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a lanview of a trunk-fixture of a slightly-modified form of construction, butstill embodying the I principles of my present invention. Fig. 6

transverse section of the device, said section being taken 011 line 7 7in said Fig. 5.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the saidabove-described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the several figures of the drawings, the referencecharacter 1 indicates any suitably-constructed trunk, and 2 is the flatend of the trunk-body or box with which the fixture or device embodyingthe principles of this invention is to be used. The said trunk-fixtureis made of metal, and it comprises a main body 3, having at itsrespective ends downwardly-extending .or angular end members 4, whichterminate at their free ends in perforated securing'ears or lugs 5. Thesaid main body 3 is also provided with suitably-disposed stiffening orside members 6, which extend laterally and downwardly from the said mainbody 3, preferably 011 opposite sides of the same, and terminate attheir free ends in perforated securing lugs or ears 7. v

It will be clearly seen from an inspection of the drawings when thefixture is secured by means of rivets, pins, or the like, as 8, upon theouter face of the end 2 of the trunk that while the device or fixturecan be used as a handle for lifting or carrying the trunk it also servesthe purposes of the ordinary bulge or enlargement now ordinarily usedwith wardrobe-trunks, the device making it absolutely impossible tostand the trunk upon its end 2, as will be clearly understood from aninspection of Fig. 1 of the drawings.

In lieu of the form of trunk-fixture just described the said fixture maybe made as clearly indicated in Figs. 5, .6, and 7 of the drawings. Inthis construction the said main body 9 of the fixture and. itsdownwardly-extending end portions or members 10 are made arc-shaped, aswill be seen more especially from an inspection of Fig. 6 of thedrawings, the said body being concavo-convex in crosssection, asillustrated in Fig. 7, and the said end portions or members 10 eachhaving a perforated lug or ear 11 for the reception of pins or rivets12. At suitable intervals the said curved body 9 is provided withlaterally and downwardly extending and suitably-curved side members 13,having at their free ends perforated ears or lugs 14, also for thereception of fastening pins or rivets 15, whereby the said fixture is aside view of the same; and Fig. 7 is a the end 2 of the trunk-body forthe purposes previously stated. That the saidmain body portion 3 of thedevice shown in Figs. 1 to 4,

inclusive, may be used in the manner of a handle without cutting thehand said body 3 is preferably rounded off, as at 16. (See Fig. 4.) Inlike manner and for the same reason the body 9 of the device representedin said Figs. 5 to 7, inclusive, is made with the rounded marginal edges17, as clearly illustrated in said Fig. 7 of the drawings. The principalpurpose of the said members 6 and 13 is to provide a stiifening orreinforcing means for the main body of the fixture to prevent thefixture becoming broken during any rough handling of the trunk while intransit from one place to another. Furthermore, the main body of thefixture in either case is sufiiciently removed from the outer surface ofthe end of the trunk-body that it is an impossibility to place or standthe trunk on its end, which is of the greatest advantage inwardrobe-trunks, as will be clearly evident.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim is 1. A fixture fortrunks to prevent the standing of the trunk on end, comprising a rigidmetal body, and laterally anddownwardly extending rigid metal membersconnected with said body of the fixture, said members being providedwith means for securing them upon the end of the trunk, substantially asand for "the purposes set forth. I

2. A fixture for trunks to'preventthe standing of the trunk on end,comprising a rigid metal body, end members extending downwardly from therespective ends of said body, laterally and downwardly extending rigidmetal side members also connected with the body of said fixture, andmeans connected with the various end and side members for securing themupon the end of the trunk, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

3. A fixture for trunks to prevent the standing of the trunk on end,comprising a rigid metal body, laterally and downwardly extending rigidmetal members connected with said body of the fixture, and perforatedears at the lower and free ends of said mem-- bers for attachin thefixture upon the end of the trunk, su stantially as and for the purposesset forth,

4. A fixture for trunks to prevent the standing of the trunk on end,comprising a rigid metal body, end members extending downwardly from therespective ends of said body, laterally and downwardly extending rigidmetal side members also connected with said body of the fixture, andperfo rated ears at the lower and free ends of the various end and sidemembers for securing tially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. A fixture for trunks to prevent the standing of the trunk on end,comprising a rigid metal body, said body being made with a roundedgripping-surface, laterally and downwardly extending rigid metal membersconnected with said body of the fixture, and perforated ears at thelower and free ends of said members for attaching the fixture upon theend of the trunk, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. A fixture for trunks to prevent the standing of the trunk on end,comprising a rigid metal body, said body being made with a roundedgripping-surface, end members ends of said body, laterally. anddownwardly rigid metal extending side members also connected with saidbody of the fixture, and perforated cars at the lower and free ends ofthe various end and side members for securing them upon the end of thetrunk, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

P 7. The combination, with an end of a trunk, of a rigid metal fixtureprovided with for securing said fixture upon the end of the trunk, saidfixture being adapted to serve as a means to prevent the trunk beingstood upon end, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 6th day of November, 1905.

' DAVID GOLDSMITH' Witnesses:

FREDERICK C. FRAENTZEL,

GEO. D. RICHARDS.

extending downwardly from the respective downwardly-extending rigidmetal members,

them upon the end of the trunk, substan-

